A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 160 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (99 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000r36j. Event ids that are associated: us6000r36j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.333 km (16 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:25:25 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 16:25:25 / August 22, 2025 @ 4:25 pm. Exact location of event, depth 25.333 km, 160.7175° East, 52.3833° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 160 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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